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Profile
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Research interests
- scientific diving techniques
- underwater technology: development
- validation and implementation
- hyperbaric medicine and diving physiology
- fish and fisheries biology
- artificial reef research
- whole animal physiology
I head up the UK's National Facility for Scientific Diving at the Scottish Marine Institute.
Career
2002-present
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Head of NERC National Facility for Scientific Diving
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2002-present
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Head of Dunstaffnage Hyperbaric Unit
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| 1999 |
Principal Scientific Officer (NERC Band 4) at SAMS' Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory
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| 1997 |
Senior Scientific Officer (NERC Band 5) at Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory |
| 1994 |
Higher Scientific Office (NERC Band 6) at Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory |
| 1992 |
Scientific Officer (NERC Band 7) at Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory |
| 1990-1992 |
Lecturer Nottingham University and Nottingham Trent University (fish/animal physiology/ecophysiology) |
1990 - 1991
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Postdoctoral research fellow (2 awards: NERC GR3/6176; PowerGen plc) |
1984 - 1988
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Postgraduate research technician (NERC GR3/5116)
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Grants
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Research grants (past 10 years)
Funder
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Project
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Date |
Value (£)
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| MAFF/DEFRA |
Factors influencing the abundance and distribution of juvenile gadoids in the rocky intertidal (MF033)
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1999 - 2004
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350 k
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| EU |
Biofiltration and aquaculture: an evaluation of hard substrate
deployment performance with mariculture developments, BIOFAQs
Q5RS-2000-30305 |
2001 - 2004
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730 k
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EU PESCA
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Evaluation of artificial reef design |
1998 - 2001
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250 k
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| NERC |
Quantifying impacts of artificial reefs on the receiving environment (NER/D/S/2000/01307) |
2000 - 2004
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250 k
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| NERC |
The NERC Facility for Scientific Diving (2003-2009) |
2003 - 2009
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980 k
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| NERC |
NFSD Capital Grants |
2005 - 2007
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98 k
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| Foster-Yeoman |
The construction of the Loch Linnhe Artificial Reef complex
(in-kind support) |
1998 - 2007
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850 k
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Foster-Yeoman
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Subtidal environmental impact assessment |
2006 - 2007
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30 k
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Grampian Health Authority (NHS)
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Technical and research services in support of the NSD registration service for emergency recompression in Scotland |
2000 -
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108 k
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Local Enterprise Committees
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Various projects including artificial reef research, aquaculture research, hyperbaric research, ecosystem modelling |
1998 - 2007
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120 k
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| NHS |
Provision of an emergency recompression facility for the treatment of diving diseases |
2002 -
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3,125 k
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| NERC |
The NERC Facility for Scientific Diving (2009-2014) |
2009 - 2014
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1,720 k
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| NERC |
NFSD Capital grants |
2009
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34 k + 32 k (with FSF)
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| NERC |
NE/G020310/1 diving support for combined genetic, morphological and
ecological approaches to reduce uncertainty in palaeoclimate
reconstructions using benthic foraminifers. |
2008 - 2011
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20 k
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| NERC |
NFSD Capital grant |
2010
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32 k
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| NERC |
NE/H013911/1 diving support for QICS: Quantifying Impacts of Carbon Storage |
2010 - 2014
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17 k
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Publications
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- Ross, J.A.S. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2009). Emergency recompression: clinical audit of service delivery at a national level. Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine 39, 33-37.
- Hunter, W.R. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2009). The relationship between habitat complexity and animal abundance on artificial reefs deployed in north temperate waters. ICES Journal of Marine Science 66, 691–698.
- Sayer, M.D.J., Ross, J.A.S. and Wilson, C.M. (2009). Analyses of treatment for divers with actual or suspected decompression illness. Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine 39, 126-132.
- Wilson, C.M., Ross, J.A.S. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2009). Saturation treatment in shore-based chambers for divers with deteriorating cerebro-spinal decompression sickness. Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine 39, 170-174.
- Sayer, M.D.J. (2009). What if Darwin had been a diver? Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine 39, 189-190.
- Sayer, M.D.J. and Brown, C.J. (2010). Block shape, water depth and analysis technique influence the measured profiles of artificial reefs. Underwater Technology 29, 41-48.
- Stott, K.J., Austin, W.E.N., Sayer, M.D.J., Weidman, C.R., Cage, A.G. and Wilson, R.J.S. (2010). The potential of Arctica islandica growth records to reconstruct coastal climate in north west Scotland, UK. Quaternary Science Reviews 29, 1602-1613.
- Azzopardi, E. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2010). A review of the technical specifications of 47 models of diving decompression computer. Underwater Technology 29, 63-72.
For other publications, please use the publications search box on the right.
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External
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Committee membership
1992 - present
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UK Scientific Diving Supervisory Committee (currently vice-chair) |
1995 - present
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SUT Underwater Science Group (currently chair) |
1996 - present
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HSE UK Diving Industry Committee |
1998 - present
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SUT Diving and Manned Submersibles Committee |
1999 - 2002
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Frigg Field Decommissioning Advisory Committee |
2003 - present
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SUT Council
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2003 - 2004
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National Services Division panel of experts (hyperbaric medicine)
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2003 - present
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SUT Publications Committee (currently chair) |
2005 - 2006
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Oceanology International 2006 organising committee |
2005 - present
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C-3 International Advisory Committee |
2006 - 2007
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British Hyperbaric Association annual meeting organising |
2007 - present
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European Scientific Diving Committee (currently deputy chair; now the European Scientific Diving Panel of the ESF Marine Board) |
2008 - present
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Technical representation on the committee of the British Hyperbaric Assocation |
2010 - 2011
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National Services Division panel of experts (hyperbaric medicine) |
Editorships
2007 - present
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Editor of the journal of Underwater Technology |
2001 - 2007
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Associate Editor for Science of the journal of Underwater Technology |
| 2007 |
Co-editor of the Scientific diving under the ice; proceedings of the
international diving under ice workshop (Lang, MA and Sayer, MDJ, eds).
Smithsonian Institution: Washington 213pp |
| 2002 |
Guest Editor of Underwater Technology. The Science of Decommissioning. Underwater Technology (Special Issue) 25, 112pp. |
| 1996 |
Co-editor of Wrasse: Biology and Use in Aquaculture (Sayer, MDJ,
Treasurer, JW, Costello, MJ, eds). Oxford: Blackwell Scientific, 274pp |
Elected positions, fellowships and awards
| 2009 |
Accredited Member of the Academy of Experts |
| 2008 |
Recipient of the Houlder Cup for excellence in the field of diving operations |
| 2007 - 2010 |
Elected Council member of the Society for Underwater Technology |
2006 - present
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Elected full member of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society |
| 2006 |
Inland/Inshore Diving Contractors Subsea Science Award |
2004 - 2007
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Elected Council member of the Society for Underwater Technology |
| 2004 |
Dan Trader Award for international collaborative hyperbaric research |
2002 - present
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Elected Fellow of the Society for Underwater Technology |
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Teaching
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PhD supervision
- Tom Wilding, Heriot Watt University: The prediction and assessment of the environmental impacts of the Loch Linnhe Artificial Reef (awarded 2003)
- Suzanne Ware, University of London: The identification and classification of inshore nursery grounds for fishes of commercial importance (awarded 2005)
- Jenny Beaumont, UHI: Qantifying bioic interactions with inshore subtidal structures: comparing natural and artificial reefs (awarded 2007)
Lecturing
- Module leader. BSc (Hons) Marine Science: Diving Science (Year 3). University of the Highlands and Islands (2007-2010)
- Lecturer: BSc (Hons) Marine Science: Osmoregulation; Fisheries (Year 2). University of the Highlands and Islands (ongoing)
- Animal Physiology, University of Nottingham (1991 - 1992)
- Human and animal physiology. Nottingham Trent University (1991 - 1992)
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Dr Martin Sayer
E: martin.sayer@sams.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)1631 559 236
F: +44 (0)1531 559 001
Skype/ooVoo: mdj.sayer
Scottish Marine Institute
Oban, Argyll PA37 1QA, UK
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